Dir: Matthew J. Saville | New Zealand | 2021 | 94 mins
Cast | Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas, George Ferrier, Edith Poor
The screening on Thursday 27 October will be captioned.
Set in rural New Zealand in the 1990s, Matthew J. Saville’s feature debut explores the relationship between a self-destructive adolescent and his alcoholic grandmother (played by Charlotte Rampling). When 17-year-old Sam (George Ferrier) is thrown out of boarding school, he could have never imagined his days would soon be filled with an even more laborious task: caring for Ruth (Rampling), his estranged alcoholic grandmother who is temporarily immobilised after a domestic accident.
Condemned to proximity, the antagonistic duo slowly wears each other down, finding common ground and the potential for a tender new relationship in this double-edged examination of grief that sees Rampling give one of her best recent performances.
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Access Information: Blue badge parking is available alongside the plaza to the front of Towner, along with drop off bays (max 30mins waiting). Further blue badge spaces available in College Rd Car Park. The Cinema is on the ground floor and the front row of seats are on level ground. All other seats are raked, with stairs & handrail. There is an induction loop. If you have any specific access requirements please get in touch with us on [email protected] or 01323 434670.